diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a4c19a..e17335e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 .venv
 config.yaml
+dist
+build
+*.spec
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b47aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+venv:
+	uv venv --python 3.11
+
+deps: venv
+	source .venv/bin/activate && \
+		uv pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+build: deps
+	source .venv/bin/activate && \
+		uv pip install pyinstaller && \
+		.venv/bin/pyinstaller --onefile puppetapi.py --distpath ./dist --workpath ./build
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ./dist ./build
+	rm -f ./*.spec